{"id":107851,"date":"2015-05-20T20:47:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T10:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=107851"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:52:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:52:41","slug":"local-business-id-used-by-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/05\/20\/local-business-id-used-by-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Business ID Used By Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_107852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107852\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150520email.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-107852\" title=\"20150520 Email\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150520email.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150520email.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150520email-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 20, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Burnett internet users should be very wary about opening unexpected invoices from businesses &#8211; even local companies &#8211; if you know you have not used their services recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/scamwatch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-107218\" title=\"Scamwatch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/scamwatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>An email which <strong>southburnett.com.au<\/strong> received several times on Wednesday appears to come from a legitimate Kingaroy business (and we note it has been cc&#8217;d to multiple other local businesses).<\/p>\n<p>However, the source code suggests it did not originate from the business named.<\/p>\n<p>It starts: &#8220;Hi New invoice&#8221; and includes the legitimate name and address of a Kingaroy business and has a file &#8220;Scan.zip&#8221; attached.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Burnett Online would strongly recommend that this email and the attached Zip file be deleted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have opened the Zip file, we recommend you immediately run an up-to-date virus checker through your PC and \/ or take professional advice from a computer technician.<\/p>\n<p>Many Zip files attached in this fashion can unload &#8220;ransomware&#8221; onto your computer that locks your files until money is sent overseas, or could be\u00a0 part of an elaborate phishing attack to record keystrokes to detect bank passwords etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been notified by friends or other businesses that they have been receiving false emails from your business, it is possible your website, server or individual computers have been targeted by hackers. Again, please get expert advice immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To learn more about online scams, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCAMwatch website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/05\/81m-lost-in-online-scams\/http:\/\/\">$81m Lost In Online Scams<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett internet users should be very wary about opening unexpected invoices from businesses &#8211; even local companies &#8211; if you know you have not used their services recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":275282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3,24],"tags":[1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local Business ID Used By Scammers - 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